The National Intelligence Service announced that it had captured information about 1,500 North Korean special forces moving to participate in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
On the 18th, the National Intelligence Service said, “North Korea began moving special forces troops to dispatch troops to Russia on the 8th,” and added, “In early August, Kim Jeong-sik, the first vice-director of the Ministry of Military Industry, who is at the core of North Korea’s missile development, visited Russia several times with dozens of North Korean military officers. -We visited the North Korean ‘KN-23 missile’ launch site near the Ukrainian front and captured the situation of local guidance.”
The National Intelligence Service said, “Afterwards, while closely monitoring the movements of the North Korean military, we detected North Korea transporting North Korean special forces to the Russian region via a Russian naval transport ship from the 8th to the 13th, confirming the start of the North Korean military’s participation in the war.”
According to the National Intelligence Service, four landing ships and three frigates belonging to the Russian Pacific Fleet completed the first transfer of about 1,500 North Korean special forces from the areas near North Korea’s Chujin, Hamheung, and Mudan to Vladivostok, Russia, during this period, followed by the second transfer. It is reported that it is scheduled to proceed.
The National Intelligence Service said, “North Korean soldiers dispatched to Russia are currently stationed at Russian military bases in the Far East, distributed to Vladivostok, Ussuriysk, Khabarovsk, and Blagoveshchensk, and are expected to be deployed to the front line as soon as adaptation training is completed.”
This is similar to what the British public broadcaster BBC reported on the 17th. The broadcast quoted a military source in Russia’s Far East as saying that although a number of North Korean troops are stationed at a military base near Ussuriysk, north of Vladivostok, Russia, “there are definitely not close to 3,000.”
▲ On the 16th, the National Intelligence Service announced that about 400 people believed to be North Koreans were gathered at the military facility parade ground in Ussuriysk, Primorsky Krai. ⓒNational Intelligence Service
The National Intelligence Service said, “North Korean soldiers were provided with Russian military uniforms and Russian-made weapons, and were also issued with counterfeit ID cards for residents of the Yakutia and Buratya regions of Siberia who had similar appearances to North Koreans. They appear to have disguised themselves as Russian soldiers to hide the fact that they were deployed to the battlefield.” ” he analyzed.
As South Korean and Ukrainian intelligence authorities simultaneously confirm the movement of North Korean troops within Russia, voices within South Korea calling for increased support for Ukraine are expected to grow. At the Army National Assembly audit held at Gyeryongdae in South Chungcheong Province on the 17th, Rep. Han Ki-ho of the People’s Power Party said, “If the North Korean military has dispatched more than 10,000 troops to the Ukraine war, we should at least have an observation team go,” and “Did they give artillery shells (to Ukraine) or not? It’s close.” He also argued, “The idea that you can’t just go is wrong.”
However, given that Russia and North Korea established a de facto alliance by signing a treaty establishing a ‘comprehensive strategic partnership’ after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to North Korea last June, some say it is difficult to compare it with Ukraine-South Korea relations. .
On June 19, President Putin said, “According to the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty signed between our two countries today, it includes provisions for cooperation in the event of aggression by any country.”
Accordingly, some predict that it will not be easy for South Korea to independently provide artillery shells or take military action such as dispatching troops. At the army’s state affairs inspection, Rep. Heo Young of the Democratic Party of Korea expressed his active involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war, saying, “If North Korea sends troops and weapons, we observe the same behavior and send weapons, which poses a serious threat to the country and people.” I also opposed it.
Meanwhile, the National Intelligence Service reported that North Korea has provided Russia with about 13,000 containers worth of lethal weapons, including artillery shells, missiles, and anti-tank rockets, on about 70 occasions since August of last year.
The National Intelligence Service said, “As a result of the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Agency’s confirmation of North Korean-made weapons collected from the battlefield, the weapons North Korea provided to Russia included 122mm and 152mm artillery shells, Phoenix-4 anti-tank missiles, short-range ballistic missiles such as KN-23, RPG anti-tank rockets, etc. “It was,” he said.
The National Intelligence Service added, “Considering the size of containers that have been shipped on cargo ships between North Korea and Russia, it appears that a total of more than 8 million rounds, including 122mm and 152mm artillery shells, have been provided to Russia so far.”
▲ The National Intelligence Service announced on the 16th that about 240 North Korean personnel are believed to be gathered at a military facility in Khabarovsk, Russia. ⓒNational Intelligence Service
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